From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-06-11T08:04:23+09:00
Subject: Re: String#scan strangeness

On Friday 11 June 2004 00:43, Gennady wrote:
> irb(main):001:0> a = "a b c d "
> => "a b c d "
> irb(main):002:0> a.scan %r{((\S+\s+){2,2})}
> ACTUAL   => [["a b ", "b "], ["c d ", "d "]]
> I EXPECT => [["a b ", "a ", "b "], ["c d ", "c ", "d "]]
                        ^^^^                  ^^^^
                        these are not subcaptures
                        and are thus not being captured.
                        you need parentesis in order to capture them

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Simon Strandgaard